Reports: Grand jury rejects DOJ effort to indict Trump WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson
Grand jury declines indictment
CBS News said it could not establish which specific parts of Hutchinson’s testimony prosecutors were examining. Media reports said House Republican allies of Trump referred the matter to the Justice Department.
Testimony about Jan. 6 warnings
Her testimony concerned the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The precise testimony under review by prosecutors was not known.
Account disputed by driver
Hutchinson testified that Tony Ornato told her Trump lunged toward the steering wheel inside a car. Trump’s driver later disputed that account in sworn testimony, saying the president did not try to grab the wheel.
The reported grand jury decision came amid these differing accounts of events. The available reporting did not specify whether the alleged steering-wheel incident was among the matters prosecutors scrutinized.
Key points
- A grand jury declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, sources said.
- Prosecutors’ specific focus in Hutchinson’s testimony could not be determined.
- Hutchinson described warnings about weapons and efforts to remove rally magnetometers.
- Trump’s driver denied under oath that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel.